You will be amazed at how much water is in your wood and how much energy is consumed by your system to simply boil the water in the wood.
If you are unsure, look at purchasing a wood moisture meter (available in our store). The reality is that if your wood is not split and stored in a top-covered area where wind and sun can dry it out for a minimum of 12 months (preferably 24), your wood is wet. Everyone says they burn dry wood because they know the guy who knows the guy…. Hire Friendly Fires to clean your chimney and/or purchase the proper equipment for you to thoroughly clean your system. You hear ‘poofing’ sounds as your fire heats upġ. Upon light-up it seems ok, but after the fire heats smoke begins to enter your home (as the flue is restricted)ģ. Your flue may be blocked if:ġ.Ěll the smoke enters your home (there is no draft)Ģ. Most modern appliances have 6” flues and if your wood or burn technique is not perfect, it could get clogged with creosote (or even an animal). Having a chimney blocked with creosote is not uncommon. If it is an outside chimney, build an insulated chase around itĤ. Your chimney is not much higher than surrounding roof lines or treesĢ. You get smoke into your home on light-upĢ.
You may have a cold air chimney problem if:ġ. If your chimney has cold air, smoke may come into your home until the air in the chimney is heated. Open the door of your wood appliance very slowly when re-loading it with wood. This will provide ‘make-up’ air for your basement.Ģ. Open a window near the wood-burning appliance before you open the door. Your wood appliance is in the basement or a lower floorģ.Ğverytime you open the door smoke enters the room even when the stove has been on for a few hoursġ. Your home is airtight around your lower floors (common in newer homes)Ģ. You may have a negative pressure problem if:ġ. As the air in your home rises from your basement to your upper floors, your lower floors tries to recoup that air. Negative pressure is essentially the process of heat in your home rising inside and battling the air escaping through your chimney. In order to recommend solutions to reduce smoke coming into your home, it is important to know whether the cause is 1), 2), 3) or 4). Negative pressure (common in newer homes & basement installations)Ģ.ěackdraft (common with outside chimneys, short chimneys or high-wind areas) There can be a number of reasons why smoke is backdrafting into your home. Sometimes a draft may develop that moves in the opposite direction, this fills the house with smoke and poisonous gases – this is called a backdraft. Those gasses are then dispersed into the outside air. Normally in a fireplace or wood stove an updraft is created that takes waste gases up and out the chimney. BBQ & Outdoor Products Replacement Partsĭoes your wood stove or fireplace seem to create an unusually high amount of smoke in your home.Electric Fireplace Media and Replacement Parts.Traditional & Square Electric Fireplaces/Inserts.
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